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Happy Valley · 2023-11-22 · 11:15

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-11-22 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. ERNEST FEELING, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by J Richards, won by 2-1/4, with HAPPY TANGO second and FIRE BALL third. The 4.0 favourite CHARMING STEED finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.10.20
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 ERNEST FEELING B/TT 1.10.20 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · J Richards 2 9.3 2-1/4
2 7 HAPPY TANGO B L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 8 11.0 2-1/4
3 6 FIRE BALL CP1 B Avdulla · C H Yip 6 9.9 2-1/2
4 9 FIGHTING STAR B K Teetan · C H Yip 12 27.0 3-1/4
5 3 CHARMING STEED H/P/TT K H Chan · C Fownes 5 4.0 4-1/4
6 4 NORDIC COMBINED B/TT A Badel · W Y So 9 7.7 5
7 2 ISLAND SURPRISE B/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 11 30.0 5-3/4
8 8 BRILLIANT PIONEER A Atzeni · P F Yiu 3 6.6 6-1/2
9 10 EASY TWO B/H/TT K C Leung · K H Ting 7 40.0 7-1/4
10 5 MODEST GENTLEMAN TT M L Yeung · K W Lui 10 16.0 7-1/4
11 11 DAY DAY RICH B/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 1 5.1 8-3/4
12 12 MISTER ARM H T Mo · Y S Tsui 4 26.0 9-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ERNEST FEELING2. HAPPY TANGO+2.25L3. FIRE BALL+2.5L4. FIGHTING STAR+3.25L5. CHARMING STEED+4.25L6. NORDIC COMBINED+5L7. ISLAND SURPRISE+5.75L8. BRILLIANT PIONEER+6.5L9. EASY TWO+7.25L10. MODEST GENTLEMAN+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick BRILLIANT PIONEER (19.1%) finished 8th — the winner ERNEST FEELING was rated #7. Out-of-sample backtest: this board was produced by a model trained only on seasons before this race — it never saw this result.
Rank No. Horse Win % Rated price Pos
1 8 BRILLIANT PIONEER 19.1% 5.22 8
2 3 CHARMING STEED 14.8% 6.74 5
3 4 NORDIC COMBINED 10.4% 9.62 6
4 5 MODEST GENTLEMAN 9.3% 10.79 10
5 11 DAY DAY RICH 9.3% 10.79 11
6 6 FIRE BALL 7.5% 13.25 3
7 1 ERNEST FEELING 6.9% 14.45 1
8 2 ISLAND SURPRISE 6.3% 15.91 7
9 7 HAPPY TANGO 5.5% 18.03 2
10 12 MISTER ARM 4.4% 22.71 12
11 9 FIGHTING STAR 3.4% 29.52 4
12 10 EASY TWO 3.0% 33.25 9
BRILLIANT PIONEERCHARMING STEEDNORDIC COMBINEDMODEST GENTLEMANDAY DAY RICHFIRE BALLERNEST FEELING — wonISLAND SURPRISEHAPPY TANGOMISTER ARMFIGHTING STAREASY TWO

Model vs market

Each dot is a runner: model probability across, market-implied probability up. Dots on the dashed line mean the two agreed; the gold ring is the actual winner.

Ratings are statistical estimates for analysis, not betting advice — the backtest shows no profitable edge against the Hong Kong win market. How the model works →

Dividends

Per $10 unit

WIN

1 93.5

PLACE

1 29

6 30.5

7 35.5

QUINELLA

1,7 606.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,6 130

1,7 207

6,7 155.5

FORECAST

1,7 1,118

TIERCE

1,7,6 9,336

TRIO

1,6,7 1,609

FIRST 4

1,6,7,9 7,944

QUARTET

1,7,6,9 157,902